Returns to earth after a botched First Mission. And if christmas was a competition, this familys recordbreaking light display might win. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Im Errol Barnett. The countdown is now on, a record 115 Million People are traveling for the holidays and nearly all of them doing so on the road. That can be dangerous. Take a look at what happened in virginia today. Ice and fog are blamed for this massive Chain Reaction interstate pile up involving nearly 70 vehicles. 51 people were taken to hospitals and two of them are in critical condition. It is a cautionary note for anyone heading outside as many did today searching for those lastminute gifts. Our Laura Podesta is among them. Reporter nationwide shoppers are making a list and checking it twice. Ornaments, cocktail stuff, i guess. Whatever catches their eye. Reporter hanukkah is already here and christmas just days away. I have coupons. I have cash kohls. Reporter if you hate c
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im bisi onileere. Were following two stories involving computer problems effecting thousands of americans. United airlines jets are flying again after technical issues led to a ground stop earlier. And at this hour all trading has temperature rarely stopped at the New York Stock Exchange because of an parent technical issue. Traders say that it has been a bumpy day in general and theyve had technical problems even before opening. The department of Homeland Security said that so far there are no signs of a cyberattack. United airline is blaming a computer problem oh forcing the company to ground all of its planes this morning. Lisa stark has more from washington. A travel nightmare for united managers. The airline had to ground all of its planes. It experienced some major computer problem. The airline called it a connectivity issue. Whatever you call t it was chaos for those who were depending on flying on United Airlines today. Initia
London. And eight oclock in the morning in tokyo, where shinzo abe has declared victory after the general election. His liberal Democratic Party and its Junior Coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japans lower house of parliament. Mrabe is on japans lower house of parliament. Mr abe is on course to become japans longest serving post war Prime Minister. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from tokyo, his report contains flash photography. Shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. This summer the japanese Prime Ministers Approval Rating plunged to less than 30 . Now he has won a big victory and four more years in power. This victory makes mr abe japans most successful post war politician. He was assisted to his win by typhoon lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. But by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japans opposition parties. Last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the
Shinzo abe has declared victory after the general election. His liberal Democratic Party and its Junior Coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japans lower house of parliament. Mr abe is on course to become japans longest serving post war Prime Minister. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from tokyo, his report contains flash photography. Shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. This summer the japanese Prime Ministers Approval Rating plunged to less than 30 . Now he has won a big victory and four more years in power. This victory makes mr abe japans most successful post war politician. He was assisted to his win by typhoon lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. But by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japans opposition parties. Last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls. But come election day, she was at a conference in paris. Mr abe claims he called the election
After japans general election. His liberal Democratic Party and itsjunior Coalition Partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japans lower house of parliament. Mr abe is now on course to become japans longest serving post war Prime Minister. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from tokyo his report contains flash photography. Shins are they took a gamble and it has paid off. Shinzo abe. His Approval Rating plunged to less than 30 earlier this year and now he has won a big victory. For more years in power. 4. This makes japans most successful post war politician. He was as this did to his win by typhoon lan which kept nearly half of japanese voters at home but his biggest opposition was incompetence last week, this woman vowed to take him on at the polls but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. Shinzo abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea. He said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and